Improved paper box



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H. H. CORBIN, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

`Letters Patent N 93,809, dated August 17, 1869.l

IMPROVE!) PAPER BOX.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.:

a single piece of paper for both the top and bottom ofA a box, said piece of paper being passed inside of the founsides ot' the box, and on one side of the same, and having a flap at one end for the bottom, anda iap at-the other end for a cover, said cover and bottom being both of the same size, and small enough to `close inside of the sides.

(t a a a.' designate the four sides of the box, whicharemade of a single -piece of paper, scored at the corners and lapped at 1.

b designates the cover, which consists of a plain, Iedgeless ap. p

ln iig. 2, c designates the bottom, and c the connection of the cover b and bottom c.

' The cover b, bottom c, and connection c', are formed of a single piece of' paper, A, the Width of which is equal to the inside length of the box, and the length of which piece, A, is equal to the inside height and twice the inside width of the box.

Piece A is scored at 2 2, at a distance from each end equal to the inside width of the box, thus leavingthe connection c equal lto the. inside height of the same.

'lhe piece A is then passed inside -of the sides u. a,

a a', and placed, with the connection uwc', in contact with the side c and the bottom c, at right angles with the same, as shown in fig. 2.

The usual paper covering is then secured to the sides a a a a byany adhesive material,` and turned under so as to adhere to the bottom'c, and secure the same in place, as shown at 3 Sin iig. 2.

As the cover b is a part of the same piece as theA bottoni c, securing one also secures the other,'and the `box is ready for use.

- The red lines in iig. 2 raised.

If desired, the connect-ion c might be pasted to the side af.

A small amount of stock might be saved by making the connection c of va shorter piece, cutting it into and securing. it to the side a', when the outward appearance of the box would be the same; but with ordinary help, the saving in `stock would not equal the extra labor involved.

Ordinary paper boxes have covers which close over the sides of the box, which are inconvenient in packing, and expensive to manufacture.

indicate the cover, partially By my invention I produce a cheap box, and one which has an even surface, convenient for packing.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is As a new-article of manufacture, the paper box, with its sides a c' and ends a a, made from one piece, and the bottom c and top ll'of another, and held by the upright or extra side c', arranged and connected as shown and described.

' H. H. CORBIN.

Witnesses JAMES SHEPARD, F. E. GORBIN. 

